2017-10-09 - Rider Down/Fatality, Pershore Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham

Prosecutor Michael Duck QC told the court that a tray-table, a sat-nav
system, a fan, ornaments and other items had been placed on the centre
of the 32-tonne Scania's dashboard.

Bradbury admitted that had the table not been there, he would have
seen Bull.

Asked why he had the tray table, Bradbury said: "Just so I could be
one of the lads. They all had one so I got one."

The table’s presence would have meant an MOT failure. Bradbury said he
wasn’t aware of this.

"There was no indication of that at all. I was just told to tidy up as
it was going in for its MOT."

Duck asked: "Did it really take the death of a young lady to tell you
that was dangerous?"

Bradbury replied, "Beforehand, I had never had an issue with the table
at all."

Asked if he knew who was at fault for the accident, Bradbury said: "It
was six of one and half-a-dozen of the other."

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